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model[1,noun] model[2,transitive verb] animal model role model Watson-Crick model

Main Entry: ¹mod·el
Pronunciation: mäd-l
Function: noun
1 a : a pattern of something to be made : a cast of a tooth or oral cavity
2 : something (as a similar object or a construct) used to help visualize or explore something else (as the living human body) that cannot be directly observed or experimented on -- see ANIMAL MODEL
3 : a system of postulates, data, and inferences presented as a mathematical description of an entity or state of affairs